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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-31778-7
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
M.A.
Discipline of degree
Islamic Studies
Body granting the degree
Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar)
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2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This study aims to research the discretionary practice of supplication [du'ā]. Based on an analysis of interviews with highly educated Sunni Muslim women in Qatar, the multiple meanings of supplication are identified. The study explores how this group of religious women debates and argues the correct usages of pious formulae using their reflexive Islamic knowledge.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Religion; Theology; Islamic Studies
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Subject Term
Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Anthropology;Ethnographic study;Islamic rituals;Sunni Islam;Virtue ethics;Women's spirituality